(1) Each resident individual taxpayer who files a Mississippi income tax return and who will receive a tax refund from the State Tax Commission may designate that a contribution be made to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created in Section 7-9-70, by marking the appropriate box printed on the return under this subsection. In the case of a joint return, each spouse may designate that a portion of the refund shall be paid to the fund.

The State Tax Commission shall print on the Mississippi income tax form for residents a space for designating the contribution in substantially the following form:

“MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND

I wish to contribute ( )$1 ( )$5 ( )$10 ( )Other $____ of my TAX REFUND TO THE MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND.”

(2) Each resident individual taxpayer who files a Mississippi income tax return, whether or not the individual will receive a tax refund from the State Tax Commission, may choose to make a contribution to the Mississippi Burn Care Fund created in Section 7-9-70 at the time of filing his or her tax return, by marking the appropriate box printed on the return under this subsection and paying the amount of the contribution to the State Tax Commission when filing the tax return. The contribution authorized to be made under this subsection shall be in addition to any income tax liability that the individual pays when filing the tax return or in addition to the amount of the individual’s tax refund that is designated as a contribution to the fund under subsection (1) of this section. In the case of a joint return, each spouse may make a contribution to the fund under this subsection.

The State Tax Commission shall print on the Mississippi income tax form for residents a space for indicating the amount of the contribution in substantially the following form:

“MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND

I wish to contribute ( )$1 ( )$5 ( )$10 ( )Other $____ to the MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND, in addition to the payment of my income tax liability or in addition to the amount of my tax refund that I designated as a contribution to the fund.”

(3) The State Tax Commission shall explain in the instructions accompanying the individual income tax form the purposes for which the contributions authorized in subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be used.

(4) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2001, and subsection (2) of this section shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2007.

(5) The Chairman of the State Tax Commission shall determine annually the total amount designated to be paid to the fund under subsection (1) of this section, along with all interest earned thereon, and the total amount contributed to the fund under subsection (2) of this section, and shall report the total amounts to the State Treasurer, who shall pay those amounts into the Mississippi Burn Care Fund.